$4000 'ultimate front row' garden chair from Bunnings is a bit awkward

You do know that when you go to the footy, you typically sit on a plastic chair, right?

The stadium has some gravitas to it. Bring it on.

Worth every cent. Dream team in my home town with 55,000 spectators. The atmosphere is going to be electric. We get to see the Boston Celtics plus spider Mitchell play. Going to be awesome.

No different from watching the ruck in footy

How many large people will end up on their ass sitting on white plastic chairs ?
And if one goes over will it be like a dominoe affect ?
If your going to the game take some binoculars and if your on ground level under the court, rig up some type of rudimentary periscope unless you like looking at the back of people's heads.
I’m really happy I’m watching this on tv.

I've seen so many of those thing snap when a large person sits down on them.

^ No, but absolutely zero elevation differential between 30 rows, when you're charging $450 for a ticket, is disappointing. If they wanted high ticket prices, sell fewer of them in a better venue. If they wanted to fill Marvel, the prices could have been significantly lower. You could fly to LA and see the Lakers for the amount of money some people will have spent to attend this.

They are a lot thicker plastic than the chairs you have at home sitting around the bbq.
They are more like the chairs you have in classrooms.

The court is raised up off the ground. It's cheaper than bringing in elevated seating.

Part of the $4000 seating is that you get to take the seat home with you.

Bit different watching the footy on a massive ground opposed to a small basketball court.

The game is NOT a sell out

55,000 tickets sold. I'd say thats pretty close to a sell out.

I'm actually pleasantly suprised as to how it looks. I couldn't picture it when it was first announced but this actually looks pretty spectacular. The atmosphere is going to be electric and it will be one of those Australian events you can look back on to say I saw some of the NBA's biggest up and comers play on Australian soil.

Anyone nitpicking about some of the seats need better things to worry about. As the above poster put in- they are not going to put couches in.

I'd say its an event for true fans of the game. For me i love basketball. I love the boomers and I'm a huge fan of the NBA. For me this event is a no brainer. I'd think of a million worse things to spend my money on. Can't wait.

Casual fans will vent over plastic chairs.

Where did this 55,000 figure come from? The stadium capacity is less than that, the promoter has been forced to offer refunds, the seat map on the ticketing website shows an abundance of unsold seats in the upper tiers... There is no way it is sold out.

Coincidentally, 55,000 was the number the promoter said applied for the waitlist when the event was first advertised. Are they using that number to extrapolate actuals sales?

Stadium capacity can be beyond 55,000. Just look at WWE, Concerts and ceremonies. Once the ground is used it goes beyond 55,000. Tickets are listed as 'limited availability' from ticketek currently.

I believe Adele has the record for attendance at Marvel Stadium with 75,000

None of that says this game is a sell out. Have a closer look at the tickets website.

I looked at the ticket site and it says limited availability and no longer selling and must buy from box office.

The lower bowl has been brought in closer also. Marvel stadium has capabilities to move the lower bowl into square formation.

I believe Adele has the record for attendance at Marvel Stadium with 75,000


What team does he play for?

It looks like at least 10000 white plastic seats.

By the way the worlds biggest bbq called they want their white plastic seats back.

Ufc whittaker vs adesanya also same setup as this. The ring is 1/4 of the crt.

As the above poster put in- they are not going to put couches in.


Really dam I was hoping for beanbags.

Talking about the set up and dimensions doesn't prove that 50,000 seats were sold. The NBL was promoting 60,000 seats yesterday. Someone is pulling some numbers out of their arse.

Anyone nitpicking about some of the seats need better things to worry about.

I don't know who is worse the white plastic seat nitpickers or the nitpicking anti nitpickers.

Talking about the set up and dimensions doesn't prove that 50,000 seats were sold. The NBL was promoting 60,000 seats yesterday. Someone is pulling some numbers out of their arse


It's always best to up the numbers with some fancy trickery it happens in most big sporting events in Australia. V8 supercars are one of the best at it.

People are going for the event. If you wanna actually watch the game stay home and watch it on TV

It's like going to a major roach concert, you can say you were there and take selfies to prove it, don’t underestimate this US team they win be very good.
Most off the knockers are probably afl stooges, they don’t like competition.

It's like going to a major roach concert, ?

What's that?

It always was going to be a good game and if your thing is to sit in a huge crowd and take selfies that's the best place for it.

I’m happy to watch it at home plus I’m in a different state.

I’m a little worried about the white plastic chairs, For large people someone did comment about them being extra strong with steel legs but look standard on the video, are the plastic white chairs bolted down or can they be moved ? And can you see the game at the back rows of the plastic white chairs or just the back of peoples heads, good spot for selfies not so good if you went to see the game.

^^^ rock

The AFL have already announced they will only be playing finals at the MCG in Melbourne this series

Also, RIP to Marvel Stadium, considering AFL Finals start in 2 weeks time. The whole field is going to be completely destroyed.

Do they have anything covering the grass under the plastic chairs?

If all the tickets were $450 each x 60000 that would be $27 000 000 who gets this money?

^^^ rock

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Hopefully the players plus whoever paid stadium rental, all the advertising costs, and whatever it took to get the two teams to play.


Ok times that by 2 games and that's without the premium ticket price
I’d say there would be a bit of spare change left .

Who gets what’s left LK , bball aus , NBL?

I haven’t seen much advertising on it mostly on NBL , bball aus social media and sbs so not a lot of $$$ spent.

Stadium rental would have a set price and LK might get a discount for two events.

How much do the international players get paid?

Who knows who gets paid what. They're not going to publicise that. If you think it's a hugely lucrative thing and someone is making out like a bandit unfairly, go and bankroll something similar.


What? That's all fluff mate

Separatey, Phil Lutton on Twitter:

Very standard set up for stadium boxing. People pay a fortune for the near ringside plastic seats, nobody seems to mind.

Why are you comparing boxing fans to basketball fans boxing fans like to throw white plastic chairs.

I'm more concerned with safety of the chairs what else can they use log stumps?
As long the white plastic chairs are strong and the fans don’t mind looking at the back of people’s heads I’m fine with it.


And who’s phil lutton?

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Thanks Isaac and thanks Phil Lutton. Difference is that the Aus basketball community suffer from massive tall poppy syndrome and like to eat their own hence the boxing community don't mind as they want to experience the spectacle but the basketball community just want to take pot shots.

As for the post about the better view of an AFL game. Yes, you're right, when the ball is on your wing or your end. If not YOU SIT AND WATCH IT ON THE BIG SCREEN. FFS (slaps forehead)

If you have tickets, can we just go and enjoy. If you don't, enjoy it at home on TV. Biggest ever game of basketball in this country. Go Boomers


And thank you annons for you opinions
You know we are allowed to discuss this here it is a bball forum not a boxing or AFL forum. Go Boomers

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Yep agreed

I just hope bball aus and the NBL get a bit of cash out of this and use it wisely

The person who wrote what I'd quoted.


That's not enough info who? And team does he play for?

He didn't play for either team. He was posting on Twitter.

So who is he then ? ..........I'm waiting

A lot people post on Twitter why do we need to listen to him again?

If LK is able to make money out of basketball, then it is great news!! We moaned and complained that teams folded when they couldn't make money. We know that he wants the sport to succeed, so most of it probably goes back into the sport in some form. Sustainable product is what we need. The more revenue streams that are available the better.

There is nothing sustainable about ripping people off!

The more revenue streams that are available the better



Agreed



There is nothing sustainable about ripping people off!


Agreed


LK ,BA and NBL need to use what's left of that money to make a better future and fix the mistakes of the past. Bball in Australia is still on its way up,the shit stadium thing is just a speed hump ( well more like a big hill ) but fans will get over it. On tv it looked awesome. it’s good that people can make good money for investing in Australian basketball.

Someone made a point. I quoted them because it brought an outsider perspective to consider. I used their name because that's what you do when quoting. Ideally that point stands on its own and the author is less relevant. The person could be senior in Basketball Australia or the head of international boxing or a world-expert on stadium seating or Michael Jordan using an alias for all I care - it's beside the point. And yet here you are posting anonymously, expecting your view to count for something, wanting another's view to have some level of credibility before you can read and judge it yourself. Clever stuff



Your still just giving me fluff

If this phil lutton has an expert opinion on the matter surely you can tell me who he is and why should I listen to him when every one who went to the game are saying it was a rip-off

(Because you apparently can't work this out for yourself:)


Why would I want to? it's your argument I’m just for the discussion asking a few questions lol


So who is he then ? ..........I'm waiting

A lot people post on Twitter why do we need to listen to him again?

What argument was I making when I embedded a tweet?!



Something about white plastic chairs

That's right

White plastic chairs and how good they are for pig events